MARKET KEEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does market keeper mean? 

• MARKET KEEPER (noun)
  The noun MARKET KEEPER has 1 sense:

1. a merchant who owns or manages a shop

  Familiarity information: MARKET KEEPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARKET KEEPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A merchant who owns or manages a shop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

market keeper; shopkeeper; storekeeper; tradesman

Hypernyms ("market keeper" is a kind of...):

merchandiser; merchant (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "market keeper"):

cleaner; dry cleaner (the operator of dry-cleaning establishment)

florist (someone who grows and deals in flowers)

hosier (a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear)

newsagent; newsdealer; newsstand operator; newsvendor (someone who sells newspapers)

tobacconist (a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles)

Holonyms ("market keeper" is a member of...):

tradespeople (people engaged in trade)